Thursday, 13 December 2012

After a couple of attempts and some trial and error the comments section should now be up and running on nailzy! Just click on the post you would like to comment on and hopefully the comments box will appear at the end of the post.

Happy commenting everyone and I hope you have a safe and enjoyable time over the holidays with plenty of time for painting your nails!

Sunday, 14 October 2012

I bought myself a Gelicious Nail Polish kit and wow, I am really impressed with the results and combines beautifully with Konad Nail Designs. Yes it does take a little more time but the picture above is seven days after the initial application and still looks absolutely gorgeous!

The kit came with UV lamp, a top coat and a color. Bought an additional couple of colors and a base coat.

When applying do not go right to the edge of the nail at the base. I found the polish will spread out a little and by going right to the edge I found pooled a little ending up with a very think edge.

Clean and buff nails.

Do one hand at a time for the next steps

Apply Gelicious Base Coat. This is an optional step but one I prefer to use.

Cure under UV lamp for 1 minute.

Apply a thin coat of color. My pick for this design is Aphrodisiac, a sparkly pink.

Cure under UV lamp for 1 minute.

Apply a second thin coat.

Cure under UV lamp for 1 minute.

Apply Top Coat.

Cure under UV lamp for 2 minutes.

Using a cotton ball and Acetone Nail Polish Remover, wipe over each nail. This will clean off any sticky residue and leave a gorgeous shine. At this stage the nails are stunning and can be left as is but I couldn't help but see how konad would work with the Gelicious polish.

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

The picture definitely doesn't do this one justice! I would suggest you try it out for yourself to see just how pretty it is. I have used 4 different Layla Hologram nail polishes layered for a gradient effect.

Buff/Shine nails.

Apply Mercury Twilight to all of nail.

Leave a small gap and start with second colour, my second pick is Mermaid Spell.

Apply thin layers of Layla Holographic nail polish, my choice here is Jade Grove. It has a beautiful hint of green in it. Let the layers dry in between each application to you reach the desired density.

When dry, using Konad image plate 84 and black special polish, apply design.

Saturday, 31 March 2012

This is an Easter inspired design! Its a very lovely take on the prettiness of Easter with the traditional gold, silver, pink and purple!

Apply base coat

Alternate gold and silver on each finger. My choice of base colours here are China Glaze Cowardly Lyin' and The Ten Man. I used three very thin coats to get desired result. Make sure you let each coat dry to avoid bubbling.

Using Konad Image Plate 78 and special polishes gold and silver alternate gold on silver and silver on gold. This will give a very subtle foil look.

Then using Image Plate 64 add design twice using special polishes Magenta (a pretty sparkly pink) and Light Gray (more purple than gray!). I started doing the pinks first then overlayed the gray.